How many teams play in the NL?

The NL currently consists of 14 teams.

Which country is the NL based in?

The NL is based in Switzerland.

Who won the most recent NL championship?

HC Fribourg-Gottéron won the most recent NL championship in 2026.

National League NL 2022-2023

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League naming history:

2017 - 2027NL (National League)
1941 - 2017NLA (Nationalliga A)
1924 - 1941Serie A
1915 - 1924CN (Championnat national)

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2022-2023

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2022-2023 NL Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	Genève-Servette HC	52	27	-	11	6	8	185	140	45	101	1.94	Champion
2.	EHC Biel-Bienne	52	29	-	14	5	4	174	132	42	101	1.94	Final loss
3.	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	52	25	-	16	6	5	183	133	50	92	1.77	Quarterfinal loss
4.	ZSC Lions	52	24	-	18	6	4	150	123	27	88	1.69	Semifinal loss
5.	HC Davos	52	18	-	14	9	11	149	138	11	83	1.60	Quarterfinal loss
6.	EV Zug	52	21	-	18	6	7	165	154	11	82	1.58	Semifinal loss
7.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	52	23	-	19	2	8	155	136	19	81	1.56	Playoffs Qualifier loss
8.	SC Bern	52	16	-	19	9	8	150	158	-8	74	1.42	Quarterfinal loss
9.	EHC Kloten	52	19	-	22	5	6	140	173	-33	73	1.40	Playoffs Qualifier loss
10.	HC Lugano	52	20	-	25	5	2	147	163	-16	72	1.38	Quarterfinal loss
11.	Lausanne HC	52	17	-	22	7	6	139	160	-21	71	1.37	Did not make playoffs
12.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	52	13	-	23	11	5	151	163	-12	66	1.27	Did not make playoffs
13.	SCL Tigers	52	15	-	26	4	7	124	167	-43	60	1.15	Saved in play-out
14.	HC Ajoie	52	10	-	30	6	6	120	192	-72	48	0.92	Saved in relegation

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2022-2023 NL Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Roman Červenka (F)	43	16	43	59	60
2.	Linus Omark (F)	52	16	40	56	40
3.	Chris DiDomenico (F)	46	23	30	53	65
4.	Tyler Moy (F)	52	24	27	51	30
5.	Valtteri Filppula (F)	46	17	34	51	62

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2022-2023 NL Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Simon Hrubec (G)	33	2.23	.927
2.	Harri Säteri (G)	35	2.29	.923
3.	Gilles Senn (G)	17	2.24	.922
4.	Luca Boltshauser (G)	36	2.73	.919
5.	Janne Juvonen (G)	33	2.67	.917

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2022-2023 NL Demographics

NL Games

date	home	visiting	score
09/15/2026 05:45 PM UTC	EHC Biel-Bienne	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	-
04/30/2026 06:00 PM UTC	HC Davos	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	2 - 3 (OT 65:56)
04/28/2026 06:00 PM UTC	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	HC Davos	2 - 1 (OT 63:51)
04/26/2026 06:00 PM UTC	HC Davos	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	5 - 4 (OT 62:26)
04/24/2026 06:00 PM UTC	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	HC Davos	0 - 1

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2026-2027 NL Free Agents

Team	Player
HC Lugano	Brendan Perlini (F)
Genève-Servette HC	Marc-Antoine Pouliot (F)
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Philippe Maillet (F)
HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Ty Rattie (F)
ZSC Lions	Denis Hollenstein (F)

2027-2028 NL Free Agents

Team	Player
HC Ajoie	Cole Cormier (F)
SCL Tigers	Jonathan Dahlén (F)
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Fabrice Herzog (F)
ZSC Lions	Kimo Gruber (F)
ZSC Lions	Endo Meier (F)

Player Nationalities Throughout History

NL Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	EHC Biel-Bienne	33	7 832	6'0"	185 lbs	28.24
2.	EHC Kloten	36	4 921	5'11"	183 lbs	26.53
3.	EV Zug	34	14 001	6'0"	185 lbs	26.88
4.	Genève-Servette HC	32	7 101	6'0"	187 lbs	28.94
5.	HC Ajoie	32	8 771	6'0"	190 lbs	28.50
6.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	35	12 945	6'0"	190 lbs	27.17
7.	HC Davos	35	20 996	6'0"	192 lbs	27.09
8.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	30	16 127	6'0"	192 lbs	29.20
9.	HC Lugano	34	5 800	6'0"	185 lbs	27.09
10.	Lausanne HC	37	7 549	6'0"	192 lbs	27.95
11.	SC Bern	39	7 063	5'11"	183 lbs	27.31
12.	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	31	11 083	6'0"	187 lbs	27.74
13.	SCL Tigers	34	7 223	6'0"	190 lbs	28.21
14.	ZSC Lions	39	13 101	6'0"	187 lbs	26.67

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Arthur Dandois (F)	2026-2027	Genève Future Hockey U21	Swiss U21-Elit	4	1	5	6	2
2.	Nic Wülser (D)	2026-2027	HC Fribourg-Gottéron U21	Swiss U21-Elit	5	0	5	5	0
3.	Oscar Lindberg (F)	2026-2027	Skellefteå AIK	Champions HL	3	2	2	4	2
4.	Kelyan Barry (F)	2026-2027	Lausanne HC U21	Swiss U21-Elit	4	2	2	4	4
5.	Roman Červenka (F)	2026-2027	HC Dynamo Pardubice	Champions HL	2	0	4	4	0
6.	Kristian Näkyvä (D)	2026-2027	Kiekko-Espoo	Liiga	3	0	4	4	2
7.	Henrik Tömmernes (D)	2026-2027	Frölunda HC	Champions HL	3	0	4	4	4
8.	Matej Stransky (F)	2026-2027	HC Dynamo Pardubice	Champions HL	3	2	1	3	0
9.	Anthony Greco (F)	2026-2027	Adler Mannheim	Champions HL	3	2	1	3	0
10.	Peter Schneider (F)	2026-2027	EC Salzburg	Champions HL	3	2	1	3	4

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Regular Season

NL All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Peter Jaks (F)	674	435	348	783
2.	Gil Montandon (F)	921	369	382	751
3.	Julien Sprunger (F)	1004	355	364	719
4.	Christian Dubé (F)	630	210	464	674
5.	Reto von Arx (F)	813	214	457	671

NL All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Peter Jaks (F)	674	435	348	783
2.	Gil Montandon (F)	921	369	382	751
3.	Julien Sprunger (F)	1004	355	364	719
4.	Roman Wäger (F)	489	340	260	600
5.	Jörg Eberle (F)	622	337	200	537

NL All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Christian Dubé (F)	630	210	464	674
2.	Reto von Arx (F)	813	214	457	671
3.	Andres Ambühl (F)	1091	240	393	633
4.	Gil Montandon (F)	921	369	382	751
5.	Julien Sprunger (F)	1004	355	364	719

NL All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Martin Steinegger (D)	843	85	284	1493
2.	Reto von Arx (F)	813	214	671	1316
3.	Beat Forster (D)	934	106	333	1282
4.	Mathias Seger (D)	937	103	403	1216
5.	Timo Helbling (D)	621	27	128	1205

NL All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Andres Ambühl (F)	1091	240	393	633
2.	Beat Gerber (D)	1041	34	99	133
3.	Julien Sprunger (F)	1004	355	364	719
4.	Dario Bürgler (F)	946	248	263	511
5.	Mathias Seger (D)	937	103	300	403

NL All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Steven Stockman (F)	5	9	16	3.20
2.	Jonathan Roy (F)	1	2	3	3.00
3.	Dan Daoust (F)	5	5	14	2.80
4.	Dusan Pasek (F)	10	12	24	2.40
5.	Tony Currie (F)	3	4	7	2.33

NL All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Oleg Petrov (F)	1997-1998	40	30	93
2.	Jean-François Sauvé (F)	1986-1987	32	32	90
3.	Normand Dupont (F)	1987-1988	34	50	89
4.	Normand Dupont (F)	1985-1986	36	44	89
5.	Richmond Gosselin (F)	1982-1983	38	52	88

NL All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Kent Johansson (F)	1984-1985	38	57	76
2.	Richmond Gosselin (F)	1982-1983	38	52	88
3.	Normand Dupont (F)	1987-1988	34	50	89
4.	Kelly Kisio (F)	1982-1983	38	49	87
5.	Merlin Malinowski (F)	1984-1985	38	49	82

NL All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Oleg Petrov (F)	1997-1998	40	63	93
2.	Jean-François Sauvé (F)	1986-1987	32	58	90
3.	Gaetano Orlando (F)	1996-1997	46	56	82
4.	Pierre-Marc Bouchard (F)	2015-2016	49	55	67
5.	Oleg Petrov (F)	1998-1999	45	52	87

NL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Todd Elik (F)	1997-1998	39	66	222
2.	Todd Elik (F)	2002-2003	39	48	193
3.	Shawn Heins (D)	2006-2007	41	23	187
4.	Todd Elik (F)	1999-2000	41	54	176
5.	Shawn Heins (D)	2008-2009	47	31	174

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2022-2023 NL Demographics

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2026-2027 NL Free Agents

2027-2028 NL Free Agents

Player Nationalities Throughout History

NL Team Comparison (Averages)

Where Are They Now?

NL All-Time Points

NL All-Time Goals

NL All-Time Assists

NL All-Time Penalty Min.

NL All-Time Games Played

NL All-Time Points Per Game

NL All-Time Points Per Season

NL All-Time Goals Per Season

NL All-Time Assists Per Season

NL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

List of NL Champions

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